Portable barrel-truck.



E. L. SCHANCK. PORTABLE BARREL TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24; 1913.

l l%6,527 Patented; July 13, 1915.

TATEES PATENT @FFTGE.

EPHRAIM I1. SCHANCK, OF DELAWARE, OHIO.

PORTABLE BARREL-TRUCK.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that LEPHRAIM L. SCHANCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Barrel-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to barrel trucks and is particularlydirected to the provision of a truckfor depositing a barrel thereon without tilting the same by hand, as is at present the custom.

More specifically, my invention aims to provide a structure which is adapted to be moved adjacent a barrel and which will effect the tilting and depositing of the barrel upon its carriage by means especially provided for this purpose.

In its preferred form, my invention comprises a wheeled platform carriage having a handle element pivoted thereto. This handle element carries a movable toothed memher which is adapted to grip and tilt the barrel by an upward movement of the handle when the carriage has been moved adjacent to the barrel.

Another feature of my invention resides in eccentrically mounting a pair of rollers on the pivoted ends of the handle element in a manner that when the handle is swung upwardly preparatory to loading a barrel on to the carriage, the carriage itself will be lowered to a position of almost resting directly upon the floor. From this, it will be .apparent that the barrel will not have to be tilted to any great degree to permit the sliding thereunder of the carriage.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my preferredtype of portable barrel truck, Fig. 2

' 1s a plan view of the structure shown in Fig.

1, Fig. 3 is a detail view of a particular type of connection between the handle element of my truck and its platform carriage, and, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the connection shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, I have shown the plat- S pecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1913.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Serial No. 750,200.

form carriage as comprising crossed straps 1 and 2, each having an upturned pierced .ear 3, through which is adapted to pass the tion 10. The legs 11 and 12 of the handle member are each terminated short or the portions 4 and 5 as indicated at 13 and 14: and are each provided with a supplemental strip 15 securely fastened to their inner faces and apertured at their lower ends to engage the angular portions 1 and 5 of the rod 6. The outer faces of the legs 11 and 12 are each provided with a casting 16 having a downwardly extending apertured car 17 adapted to carry the rollers 18. The casting 16 is also apertured to engage theangular portions at and 5 of the rod 6 and thereby completes the pivotal connection of the han dle 9 with the platform carriage. It will be noted that the castings 16 upon the outer faces of the legs 11 and 12 and the supplemental strip 15 upon their inner faces, provide a space equal to the thickness of each leg for the rotatable operation of the rollers 18 and the castings '16 which are riveted to and 12 and also at 28 to the U-shaped spanning member. 7 c

The operationof my device is as follows: The platform carriage is moved to a posiand thespanning member 22 moved to the positlon indicated in full lines in Fig. 1, the spanning member belngsupported in this bear against the forward end of the 'tion adjacent the barrel to be transported position by the engagement of the lower ends of the links 26 with the upper ends of 'vent its sliding along the floor, Tad continued upward pressure upon the handle will consequently slightly tilt the barrel in a forward direction, whereupon the forward pressure of the foot upon the caster 8 will naturally slide the platform carriage in a position to receive the barrel. If the handle 9 had been left in its upwardly sw ung position, sliding of the carriage to a position beneath the tilted barrel, would also mean moving the handle as a whole in a forward direction and consequently causing a'further tilting of the barrel. This is not desired and the natural tendency on the part of the operator would be to gradually withdraw the handle as the carriage is moved in a forward direction, care being taken by him to withdraw the handle just fast enough to maintain the proper degree of inclination of the barrel. When the barrel is thus about properly located over the carriage and still slightly inclined, the Withdrawing of the handle is temporarily discontinued, and an additional forward push on the truck as a whole, will 'mean that either the barrel must be bodily moved over the floor or the connection formed by the spanning member 22 and the links 26 will yield rearwardly. Inasmuch as the barrel must be of considerable weight, the links 26 move rtairwardly about their pivotal connections 2i, since the handle by this time has been moved to almost assume the position shown in Fig. 1 causing a temporary slightly greater inclination of the barrel as the links 26 pass their dead center position, but eventually assuming the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, in which. position the barrel will have been deposited upon and supported by the crossed straps 1 and 2. The handle 9 may then be swung back the remaining distance into its normal position and the truck pushed to its desired location.

Removal of the barrel from the truck is accomplished in much the same manner as its loading, except that the spanning member22 may be left in the position indicated by the dash lines, the forward swinging of the handle beingsuiiicient to tilt the barrel off the carriage and the rearward movement of the carriage itself being the natural result of the forward pressure exerted upon the handle.

It will also be noted that the eccentric 6b mounting of the rollers 18 upon the handle, will permit the platform car'riageto assume a position in close proximity to the floor, while the handle is in its forward position and permits the ready sliding thereunder ofthe carriage andat the same time will slightly tilt the carriage to permit the ready removal of the' barrel. This eccentric mounting may be made so that the carriage will have a slightly inclined position when in operative position to be moved across the floor and in this manner prevent accidental removal of the barrel during the transporting action.

It will also be apparent that I have provided a barrel truck having a self supporting carriage, that is, a carriagehaving a sufficient numberof bearing points with the floor so asnot to require the assistance of an operator to maintain it in its operative position.

lVhat I claim, is:

' 1. A barrel truck comprising a platform carriage adapted to be moved along the floor, a handle pivoted to said carriage, and means carried by said handle arranged when the carriage is moved adjacent .a barrel to engage and tilt the barrel upon an upward swing of the handle to permit the sliding thereunder of the carriage, said means being effective to deposit the barrel on the carriage.

ZQA barrel truck comprising a wheeled platform carriage adapted to be moved along the floor, a handle pivoted to each side of said carriage,-and a. toothed spanning member movably mounted on said handle and arranged when the carriage is moved adjacent a barrel to engage and tilt the barrel upon an upward swing of the handle to permit the sliding thereunder of the carriage, said member being then movable away from the tilted barrel to permit its assuming an upright position on the carriage.

3. A barrel truck comprising a wheeled platform carriage adapted to be moved along the floor, a handle pivoted to each side of the fore part of said carriage, rollers eccentrieally mounted on the pivoted ends of said handle, and a toothed spanning member movably mounted on said handle and arranged when the'carriage is moved adjacent a barrel to engage and tilt the barrel upon an upward swing of the handle to permit the sliding thereunder of the carriage, said member being then movable away from the tilted barrel to permit its assuming an upright position on the carriage.

e. A barrel truck comprising a wheeled platform carriage, a U-shaped handle embracing the fore part of said carriage and pivoted thereto, rollers eccentrically mount- 1,146,527 &

ed on the pivoted ends of said handle, slide members on both legs of said handle, a toothed spanning member pivotally mounted on said slide n embers, and links pivoted to each leg of said handle at one end and to said spanning member at their opposite ends.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPHRAIM L. SCHANCK.

Vitnesses C. C. SHEPHERD, WALTER E. L. Boon.

g the Commissioner of Patents 

